CCIE Contract Job Trends in London

Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for CCIE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 390 308 347
Rank change year-on-year -82 +39 +90
Contract jobs citing CCIE 26 40 52
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.14% 0.33% 0.30%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.50% 1.28% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 22 28
10th Percentile £321 £477 £350
25th Percentile £363 £500 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +6.80% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £663 £600
90th Percentile £815 £746 -
England median daily rate £527 £530 £525
% change year-on-year -0.57% +0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £53.75 £38.75
Median hourly rate - £57.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year - +43.75% -
75th Percentile - £61.25 £41.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - £57.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year - +43.75% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

CCIE falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,160 3,128 4,103
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.12% 25.89% 23.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,691 2,104 2,801
10th Percentile £371 £358 £325
25th Percentile £450 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £538
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -0.47% -6.11%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £738 £762 £775
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 60 111
10th Percentile £20.53 £19.20 £14.25
25th Percentile £28.00 £24.06 £20.22
Median hourly rate £55.00 £28.28 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +94.48% +13.12% -47.37%
75th Percentile £76.58 £55.25 £42.00
90th Percentile £88.75 £67.63 £68.00
England median hourly rate £47.50 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +35.71% -12.50% -25.93%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CCIE relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

CCIE job vacancy trend in London

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Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing CCIE.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing CCIE

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCIE in London over the 6 months to 28 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for CCIE in London

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Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing CCIE.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing CCIE

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCIE within the London region over the 6 months to 28 May 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London -20 4 £388 -40.97% 2
South London -14 1 - -
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (11.54%) Confluence
1 3 (11.54%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (11.54%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (11.54%) Azure
2 2 (7.69%) AWS
2 2 (7.69%) GCP
3 1 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.85%) GitHub
3 1 (3.85%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 18 (69.23%) Firewall
2 17 (65.38%) WAN
3 15 (57.69%) BGP
3 15 (57.69%) OSPF
4 12 (46.15%) LAN
5 9 (34.62%) VPN
6 8 (30.77%) SD-WAN
7 7 (26.92%) VXLAN
8 6 (23.08%) Network Security
9 5 (19.23%) Ethernet VPN
10 4 (15.38%) Cisco IOS
10 4 (15.38%) HSRP
10 4 (15.38%) IGMP
10 4 (15.38%) IOS XR
10 4 (15.38%) MPLS
10 4 (15.38%) Multicast
10 4 (15.38%) NX-OS
10 4 (15.38%) VRRP
11 3 (11.54%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 3 (11.54%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Development Applications
1 4 (15.38%) Git
General
1 5 (19.23%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (15.38%) Banking
2 4 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 3 (11.54%) Public Sector
4 2 (7.69%) Retail
4 2 (7.69%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (42.31%) Network Engineer
2 9 (34.62%) Architect
3 4 (15.38%) LAN Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Network Architect
4 3 (11.54%) Network Security Architect
4 3 (11.54%) Security Architect
4 3 (11.54%) Senior
5 2 (7.69%) Cisco Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Firewall Architect
5 2 (7.69%) Lead
5 2 (7.69%) Senior Cisco Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Data Centre Architect
6 1 (3.85%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.85%) Technical Architect
6 1 (3.85%) Technical Design Authority
6 1 (3.85%) Technical Leader
6 1 (3.85%) Technical Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (15.38%) Jinja
2 3 (11.54%) 802.1X
3 2 (7.69%) VML
4 1 (3.85%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 10 (38.46%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (19.23%) Analytics
2 5 (19.23%) DevOps
2 5 (19.23%) Infrastructure as Code
2 5 (19.23%) Mentoring
3 4 (15.38%) Agile
3 4 (15.38%) AI
3 4 (15.38%) CI/CD
3 4 (15.38%) Customer Requirements
3 4 (15.38%) ITIL
3 4 (15.38%) Load Balancing
3 4 (15.38%) Low Latency
3 4 (15.38%) Network Architecture
3 4 (15.38%) Network Monitoring
3 4 (15.38%) Performance Management
3 4 (15.38%) Performance Tuning
3 4 (15.38%) Predictive Analytics
3 4 (15.38%) Proactive Management
3 4 (15.38%) Runbook
4 3 (11.54%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 8 (30.77%) Python
2 2 (7.69%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 26 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (76.92%) CCNP
3 4 (15.38%) JNCIP
4 3 (11.54%) CCSE
4 3 (11.54%) JNCIE
4 3 (11.54%) Security Cleared
5 2 (7.69%) CCIE Security
5 2 (7.69%) SC Cleared
6 1 (3.85%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) QA
System Software
1 3 (11.54%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (38.46%) Ansible
2 4 (15.38%) Terraform
3 1 (3.85%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 20 (76.92%) Cisco
2 8 (30.77%) Arista
2 8 (30.77%) Fortinet
3 7 (26.92%) F5
4 5 (19.23%) CheckPoint
4 5 (19.23%) Zscaler
5 4 (15.38%) Aruba
5 4 (15.38%) Juniper
6 3 (11.54%) Remedy
6 3 (11.54%) ServiceNow
7 2 (7.69%) Meraki
8 1 (3.85%) Microsoft
8 1 (3.85%) Palo Alto
8 1 (3.85%) Splunk